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Mapping Boston by Amy Turner (1999, Hardcover)

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An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth. The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262112442
ISBN-13
9780262112444
eBay Product ID (ePID)
995009

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mapping Boston
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Cartography, Historical Geography, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Référence / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, Référence, History
Author
Amy Turner
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
73.8 Oz
Item Length
12.2 in
Item Width
11.7 in

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Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"What a marvelous and immensely welcome book! The collection of maps is surpassing, and to have them so beautifully published in combination with such superb essays is cause for celebration for everyone who loves Boston and loves history. Mapping Bostonis a perfect treasure." -David McCullough
Lccn
99-020991
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Age Range
18
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
912.744/61
Lc Classification Number
Ga430.M36 1999
Copyright Date
2001

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